The sun rose gently through the trees, casting long golden streaks across the wooden porch. A cool breeze carried the scent of damp earth and pine. Inside the small country house, the coffee pot hissed quietly while birds sang their morning hymns outside the window. On the porch sat a man in his seventies with… Continue reading The heart that found its way home
Stories
The one the animals noticed
A Modern Day Empath In a city stitched together by concrete veins and neon hearts, where horns shouted and screens blinked like restless eyes, there lived a woman named Elia. She didn’t stand out, not at first glance. She wore old canvas sneakers that seemed to know every sidewalk crack, jeans faded by time and… Continue reading The one the animals noticed
The Aura of a Golden Heart
In fields of color, bright and bold, A dog sits still, its story told. No cloak of fur, no shade of skin, Can hide the light that burns within. A therapy dog, calm and kind, With healing paws and heart aligned. It doesn’t matter how it glows In rainbows bright or golden rows. For every… Continue reading The Aura of a Golden Heart
Thank you for being so easy to love
The room was quiet, not empty, but hushed with reverence, like the soft silence inside a cathedral when no prayers are spoken aloud, yet every inch hums with presence. Outside the window, a breeze wove its way through the hospice garden, twirling the petals of late blooming roses and stirring the chimes that hung from… Continue reading Thank you for being so easy to love
The Memory in the Fur
The lunchroom smelled faintly of chamomile tea and soft rolls warming in the kitchen oven. Light filtered through gauzy curtains, painting the scuffed linoleum floor in honey colored streaks. The old radiators ticked with heat, a rhythmic hush beneath the occasional squeak of a wheelchair or cough swallowed into a handkerchief. Betty sat alone by… Continue reading The Memory in the Fur